Montezuma County water rights

2,495 rights recorded with the state of Colorado · 1,027 without a priority date

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Groundwater
1,125
Surface water
772
Storage
310
Spring
288

Streams and named sources

Each source page lists its rights in priority order, which is the order water is shared out in a shortage.

Every right in the county, most senior first

Priority date · senior to junior

  • Before 1880
  • 1880–1899
  • 1900–1919
  • 1920–1949
  • 1950–1972
  • 1973–1999
  • 2000 and later
  • No priority date